About the position
The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of Deputy Director, Leadership Gifts in the Development Department of the ACLU's National office in New York, NY. This is a hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month. The mission of the National Development Department is to unlock the full potential of our nationwide community of donors to invest funding, time, and expertise in the creation of a more perfect union, with an emphasis on moving resources in a reparative way to build a more equitable future. Reporting to the Director of Leadership Gifts, the Deputy Director, Leadership Gifts will be responsible for carrying a portfolio of leadership and principal gifts prospects and donors and for supervising a team of individual fundraisers, who are cultivating, soliciting and stewarding the ACLU's top major ($10k+) and leadership ($100k+) donors and prospects.
Responsibilities
- Solicit and steward a portfolio of 50-75 donors and prospects with a goal of soliciting six- and seven-figure support for ACLU's strategic priorities
- Partner with the Director of Leadership Gifts and Deputy Director of Leadership Gifts on crafting and enhancing strategies for growing revenue, enhancing team effectiveness, and building team culture
- Manage fundraisers who conduct face-to-face donor visits to solicit and close gifts of five figures and greater from portfolios of approximately 100 prospects through a strategic nationwide program of discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
- With the team of fundraisers, respond to inquiries from donors and prospects outside of portfolios to assess their capacity and inclination
- Assist affiliate colleagues with donor strategy and collaborate on transformational asks that require national and affiliate partnership
- Develop and implement engagement opportunities to nurture philanthropic relationships
- Work collegially and effectively with numerous constituencies, including senior staff members and high net worth donors and prospects
- Advance a cohesive Nationwide Fundraising Model that harnesses and channels enterprise resources to raise the most funds in support of the ACLU's mission
- Ensure that all information is managed in a central database in a manner that emphasizes the highest standards of data integrity
- Maintain working knowledge of nationwide programmatic priorities and issues
- Identify and incorporate industry best practices
Requirements
- Successful track record soliciting and closing gifts of $100,000 or more
- Experience managing frontline fundraisers and development teams
- Experience with evolving trends in philanthropy
- Experience working in or with complex national or international nonprofits
- Experience working with c3 and c4 fundraising
- Experience with fundraising databases
Benefits
- Generous paid time-off policy
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
- 401k plan and employer match
- Annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops
